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Tinkers Realm Silver Member Nikonian since 24th Feb 2011Sat 24-Mar-12 08:30 PM
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"D800 Takes 4 Ever to download Mega Images & sample image."


Pacific Wonderland!, US
          

What a slow frustrating process downloading the D800 images has been today! I started off trying to use my card reader & finally resorted to plugging the camera directly into the computer using the USB cord provided & it made all the difference in the worls-Looks like for now that is the quickest was to import these Mega Files!

Here is one test image


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TomCurious Registered since 03rd Jan 2007Sat 24-Mar-12 08:36 PM
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#1. "RE: D800 Takes 4 Ever to download Mega Images & sample image."
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Bay Area, US
          

Sounds like you have a slow card reader. There are many fast readers available that will be at least as fast as the camera connection.

Tom
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DiamondPhotography Registered since 29th Dec 2010Sat 24-Mar-12 09:05 PM
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Files should not take more than a few seconds to transfer...

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icslowmo Silver Member Nikonian since 01st Jan 2012Sat 24-Mar-12 09:13 PM
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 Sat 24-Mar-12 09:28 PM by icslowmo

Phoenix, US
          

Also another thing to think about is if you are still using USB 2.0, your transfer limit will be about 20-22mb/s. So Files will take at least 2 sec. to download. I would recommend getting USB 3.0 adapter for computer and a USB 3.0 card reader. Then you will be transfering pics as fast as you CF/SD card can read...

USB 3.0 adapter:

http://www.adorama.com/WD2PU3PIC.html?kbid=64628

USB 3.0 card reader:

http://www.adorama.com/ILXPU3DSRWC7.html?kbid=64628

Just ordered these for my-self and came to $75 and some change...

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Tinkers Realm Silver Member Nikonian since 24th Feb 2011Sat 24-Mar-12 09:18 PM
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Pacific Wonderland!, US
          

Thanks-I ordered an Extreme Pro CF card but it wont arrive until Monday and so I am using an extreme pro SD card & an extreme CF card until they arrive. I watched the Nikon Promo Youtube & the guy recommended using the new USB style cord that ships with the D800 & when I switched to that -it all went much faster. I ahve a very fast imac & use LR but there was a marked difference between importing D700 vs: D800 images.
Thanks for the info.!

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weinschela Basic MemberSat 24-Mar-12 09:26 PM
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There are also Firewire 800 card readers that are quite a bit faster than USB2. Maybe someday there will be a Thunderbolt reader.

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Arkayem Moderator Awarded for his high level skills in flash photography Charter MemberSun 25-Mar-12 12:31 AM
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Richmond Hill, GA (Savannah), US
          

My D800 images take just about twice as long to upload to my PC than my D3 images.

I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit, and using the built-in CF and SD card reader slots in my Dell XPS 9100 PC.

Russ
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